March 2018

By Laura Benold, Managing Editor, Smart Cities Connect As transportation infrastructure becomes more complex and culture strives toward inclusion, it is critical that we take into account not only the utility – but also moral Read More

By Chelsea Collier, Editor-At-Large, Smart Cities Connect What do you get when you host a panel of Chief Sustainability Officers and utility experts followed by a fast pitch from innovation solution providers? The answer is Read More

We interviewed Austin Energy about their Electric Drive program in Austin, Texas, which we recently distinguished with a Smart 50 Award. Austin has robust goals around energy sourcing; and the community has rallied around plans Read More

Because of a disconnect between regulations and available chemical/regulatory information, a billion pounds of potentially valuable consumer chemical products (i.e. spray paint or household cleaner) are called “hazardous waste” and burned annually. To solve this Read More

By guest writer Matthew Donahue, Director of the Tax and Regulatory Market Strategy, LexisNexis Risk Solutions The global consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers put out a study a couple of years ago that estimated nearly 41% of Read More

With growing urban populations relying on city services, smart cities initiatives are being established globally to maximize the usage of limited and increasingly expensive resources. Smart city initiatives carry with them many goals, centered on Read More

The City of Las Vegas attracts 40 million visitors, annually, and takes mobility of its visitors and citizens very seriously. Hear more about how they integrate vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists and collect meaningful data: In Read More

SenSen Networks’ installations at multiple locations in Singapore earned a winning slot in the Smart 50 Awards. Learn more about their projects from an interview with them: For more than 50 locations across three strategic Read More

Motionloft provides a way to count people and vehicles, outdoors and indoors, with a sensor and some sophisticated computer software. The system to get this information used to be people who stood on street corners Read More

Steve Young, Vice President of Information Technology for VIA Metropolitan Transit, speaks about winning the Smart 50 Awards and the VIA Mobile Ticketing project in San Antonio, Texas. The VIA goMobile app gives customers in Read More